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by Jason Gu and Seven Shen
Just about anyone can appreciate a good old meme GIF every now and then, but what if one caused your Android Messages to crash?
A denial-of-service vulnerability we recently disclosed to Google can do exactly that and more. Designated as CVE-2017-0780, we’ve confirmed it to be in the latest Nexus and Pixel devices. The security fla

Employees use open source applications in organizations of all sizes and across all industries, and this trend shows no signs of slowing down. It is both cost effective and efficient to incorporate source code into software during the development stage. With all those extra resources, developers can focus more on the organization’s proprietary code.
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In many instances, researchers and engineers have found ways to hack into modern, internet-capable cars, as has been documented and reported several times. One famous example is the Chrysler Jeep hack that researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek discovered. This hack and those that have come before it have mostly been reliant on specific vulnerabilities

By Ronnie Giagone and Rubio Wu
CVE-2017-0199 was originally a zero-day remote code execution vulnerability that allowed attackers to exploit a flaw that exists in the Windows Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) interface of Microsoft Office to deliver malware. It is commonly exploited via the use of malicious Rich Text File (RTF) documents, a method used by t

Penetration testing — the process of trying to break into one’s own system to find vulnerabilities before cybercriminals do — is an integral part of information security. The data gleaned from these evaluations can help companies remediate flaws in their security infrastructure before fraudsters have a chance to expose them.
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Microsoft has released their monthly security bulletin with 48 security patches—25 of which are labeled Critical, 21 are Important, and two are Moderate in severity. This was a standard batch of updates, addressing issues in Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Windows, Microsoft SharePoint, Adobe Flash Player and Microsoft SQL Server.
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Companies need to do more than just scan for known problems and provide huge vulnerability reports to system and network administrators for remediation. According to Gartner, known vulnerabilities still comprise 99 percent of all known exploit traffic. Furthermore, malware, ransomware and exploit kits target vulnerabilities that are six months or older on av

Cybercriminals targeting gamers are nothing new. We’ve reported many similar incidents in the past, from fake game apps to real-money laundering through online game currencies. Usually the aim is simple: to steal personal information and monetize it. And usually, for that purpose the game itself is abused.
In the particular scenario we are describing in this

August’s Android Security Bulletin includes three file system vulnerabilities (CVE-2017-10663, CVE-2017-10662, and CVE-2017-0750) that were discovered by Trend Micro researchers. These vulnerabilities could cause memory corruption on the affected devices, leading to code execution in the kernel context. This would allow for more data to be accessed and contr

It’s common to hear the phrase “never leave security to chance” in business. Given the rapid advancement and persistence of cybercrime, chief information security officers (CISOs) need the ability to deploy offensive security measures to protect their networks. One way to do this is to employ a team of hackers to proactively protect the or

Virtualization’s continued journey across the enterprise led inevitably to security
Enhanced security benefits using virtualization are powerful and compelling
Virtualization takes the security responsibility off users and delivers control to IT
Detection-based security doesn’t work. It’s an exhausted concept. The battle’s been waged for 30 years and the c

Chance favors the prepared mind. That’s what famous chemist Louis Pasteur once said, but it’s also an important principle that applies to psychological security. Remember back in middle school when name-calling was a way we expressed our emotions? You’ll likely recall the common response: “It takes one to know one!”
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The recent widespread attacks of WannaCry and NotPetya both used known vulnerabilities of legacy operating systems, namely SMB v1 protocol. In general, known vulnerabilities are easy to mitigate as long as patches and updates are provided. But in these cases, many organizations seem to have ignored the advice to patch their systems — or maybe not.
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by Mohamad Mokbel, Tim Yeh, Brian Cayanan
A seven-year old vulnerability in Samba—an open-source implementation of the SMB protocol used by Windows for file and printer sharing—was patched last May but continues to be exploited. According to a security advisory released by the company, the vulnerability allows a malicious actor to upload a shared library to

By Govind Sarda (Vulnerability Research)
The Apache Struts framework is useful for building modern Java-based web applications, with two major versions, Apache Struts 1 and Apache Struts 2, released so far. Support for Apache Struts 1 ended in 2008 with the adoption of Apache Struts 2, which reached its first full release at the start of 2007. A Struts 1 plu